Consultant Medical Oncologist (Breast)

Oncologynewstoday; Romford; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting applications for a permanent medical oncology consultant post based at Queen's Hospital, Romford. You will join a team of 13 consultants and provide a full range of oncology services across multiple tumour subsites, with a focus on breast cancer and other subsites based on interests.

The role includes outpatient chemotherapy, inpatient opinions, and involvement in acute oncology, with a strong MDT approach and

Responsibilities

• Provide the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care for oncology patients as outlined in the program.
• Medical oncology management of breast malignancy.
• Input into the Acute Oncology Service; support for AOS nurses and conduct ward reviews.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a candidate interested in a permanent medical oncology consultant post at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic medical oncologist to join our well-established, dedicated and supportive team.

The successful candidate will join a team of 13 consultant oncologists supported by three specialty doctors and five clinical oncology SpRs to serve a population of 750,000. The department treats the full spectrum of malignant disease including breast, lung, lower and upper GI, haematology, gynaecology, urology, neuro-oncology, skin, and head and neck.

The post will cover breast and one other tumour subsite depending on your interests. Acute oncology, renal, neuroendocrine or cancer of unknown primary would be strongly encouraged. You will be primarily located at Queen's Hospital, Romford, Essex where the Oncology department is based.

Main duties of the job

To provide, to a high standard, the full range of specialist diagnosis, treatment and care to patients requiring oncology services, as outlined in the proposed program which includes the following:

Medical oncology management of breast malignancy.

New patient numbers approx. 170-200 per annum. This will be four to five patients per week on a 42-week year.

Input into the Acute Oncology Service; this service is led by a team of three acute oncology nurses who field calls and review patients. The acute oncology ward round/consultant supports the AOS nurses in this role and undertakes ward reviews and offers oncology advice as necessary.

This will be reviewed in at the initial job planning meeting and level of input will be based on any tumour subsite specialty in addition to breast, taking into account the overall workload.

Clinic reviews.

To work with and support the established multi-disciplinary site-specific teams.

Outpatient chemotherapy and inpatient clinical opinions.

Participate in the out of hours on-call service.